Jedi Rocks

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Max Rebo's band performing Jedi Rocks for Jabba the Hutt in Return of the Jedi.
Max Rebo's band performing Jedi Rocks for Jabba the Hutt in Return of the Jedi.

"Jedi Rocks" is a song in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi that replaced "Lapti Nek" for the 1997 rerelease of the original Star Wars trilogy. Written by jazz musician Jerry Hey, it is sung by Jabba the Hutt's court dancers in his palace.

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[edit] The performers

"Jedi Rocks" is performed by several beings.

[edit] Lyrics

  • Everything in italics is sung by Sy Snootles.
  • Everything in bold is sung by Joh Yowza.
  • Everything in (parentheses) is sung by Rystall, Greeata and Lyn Me.
  • All lyrics are sung in Huttese.

Koo nee tang... Na, na, na, Ah lawah! Koo nee tang!

Cha tung ee ma chay choo raun ta nee-ee choo

(Ee ma chay choo raun)

Ko nee na kee chan hoy khan chi-chi koom, oom.

Chee ka koo ja oo pa pa chi ka na kee hey.

(Chi ka na kee hey)

You bang rip-ra ga may wang pee-o-nay. Tai-a!!!

Oo la wang cho ko chee kee pa tie tan ga rip-ra ta ya lee oh yo, ahh! Ya-lee-ah

Ee ma tsa ka moo nan kee, say ya-lay oo ya see, poe no!

(Na too pa)

Chuk ee sal-ah-ma na too pa

(Zai ya la)

Hay, koo ma zai a la

(Do koo chee)

Hoi haat-chi dook...

Whooip! Oh oh...

Sy Snootles singing Jedi Rocks in the 1997 version of Return of the Jedi.
Sy Snootles singing Jedi Rocks in the 1997 version of Return of the Jedi.

[edit] Soundtrack

On the Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi soundtrack, one of the songs is Jedi Rocks. However, the full length of Jedi Rocks is only one minute. To lengthen the track, right after Jedi Rocks is over, another instrumental song, also featured in Jabba's palace, begins to play. The entire track is 2 minutes and 49 seconds.

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